Golf

Golf

Golf is a sport played with a club, usually made of wood, metal or carbon fiber, which is used to hit a small plastic ball from a tee into a hole. The game is primarily a precision and technique sport.

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ball-marker

Sports; Golf

in golf, a token or a small coin used to spot the ball's position on the green prior to removing the ball

golf club

Sports; Golf

in golf, this is the implement used by a player to hit a golf ball

bye

Sports; Golf

in golf, a short game played over the remaining holes when the main match finishes early because one player or team has won by a large margin, similar to the "mercy rule" in baseball

recovery shot

Sports; Golf

To get the golf ball back into a better position after having hit it into a lousy position.

goldie bounce

Sports; Golf

this is when the golf ball strikes a tree deep in the rough and bounces out onto the fairway

bullarding

Sports; Golf

in golf, this means playing consistently above your regular handicap

reading the green

Sports; Golf

The skill of looking at the green and figuring out which way the ball will move as it goes toward the hole. Will it break to the left, right or go straight.